838. “The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter.”322 Those “who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church.”323 With the Orthodox Churches, this communion is so profound “that it lacks little to attain the fullness that would permit a common celebration of the Lord’s Eucharist.”324
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73. How should we understand the reality of sin?
195. What else does “the communion of saints” mean?
163. How are non-Catholic Christians to be considered?
283. What is the meaning of transubstantiation?
169. What is the relationship of the Catholic Church with the Jewish people?
280. In what way is the Eucharist a memorial of the sacrifice of Christ?
427. What are the goods that we can merit?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
How did a woman’s faith heal her of a hemorrhage, according to Matthew 9:20-22?
What is the unchanging nature of God, according to Malachi 3:6?
How to be generous and share with those in need?
Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Lessons from the Meeting of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 33:1-20)
What is the importance of humility and repentance according to the book of Baruch?
What does it mean to be a new creature in Christ, as described in 2 Corinthians 5:17?
